Abilene

Today we spent the day in Abilene. We got up early and drove up, and drove back late that night. We stopped both times in Gville with YaYa & Pappy though. The reason for our trip is that Becca graduated from nursing school, and moved back to Gville all in one day!!

We got to town and went straight to Becca's apartment to pack up and fill the trailer to move her back home.

KM thinks packing is fun...

Especially when you get to play with plastic...
And of course packing is fun when YaYa is playing with you just as much as she is packing...
{with EK}
We got chicken tenders for lunch and YaYa & I fed the girls standing in the kitchen. They would get a bite, run around, and come back for more... especially when YaYa introduced them to cream gravy...
{EK being fed, KM waiting her turn}

The girls started getting a little fussy in the afternoon, and we knew they needed some form of a nap. So we got bottles and put them in the car. KG and I drove around town checking out all of his old "places," including ACU's campus. The girls took a short nap, and when they woke up, we stopped and walked around campus. Unfortunately, I left my camera at the apartment, so we were on iPhone pics only.

We went to the bookstore to look for ACU gear for the girls... KG got a shirt and I got my very first ACU shirt, and the girls convinced their daddy to buy them purple & white pom poms... you can imagine how hard of a sell that was.
{KM left, EK right}
Outside, KM stopped to smell the flowers...
And then we climbed these steps... the girls LOVED them, and made me a nervous wreck.
This was a special, precious moment... KG wanted to take the girls, and get a pic of them with their great, great grandparents. Katharine Bell is where little EK's middle name originated. The name Katharine was passed down to KG's mom and then our little girl. A sweet moment for the daddy and his girls. :)
{EK, KG, KM}
In the foyer area at the Chapel is this giant globe... EK kept pointing at it and saying "baa" (ball). And it is HUGE... see how little the girls look!
{EK}
{KM}
We walked out front and let the girls run free. They had been so good all day, and we just let them go. Plus there were birds everywhere, and they took off after them.
KG finally had to go out after them and bring them back because it was time for us to go...

After our playtime on campus, we met YaYa & Pappy at Taco Bueno for some quesadillas for the girls before the graduation.

During graduation, which was at a church, KG and the girls hung out in the nursery and played with all the fun toys. Mom, Dad and I got to sit peacefully through the service...

Becca getting her pin...
And her certificate...

We took a few pictures afterwards, and the girls were already in PJs, ready for the drive home.
{EK, Becca, SS, KM}
{Mom, Becca, Dad}

I'm so glad we made the trip... not just to see Becca's graduation (which I'm super proud of her for), but also so we could take the girls to ACU and see things that are special to their daddy. And that concludes our LONG, but fun day in Abilene!!!